culture and personality

Question 1

are there connections between culture and personality?

Answer 1

research tentatively suggests that the basic dimensions of personality structure (big five) may be universal.

Question 2

Markus and Kitayam

Answer 2

Argue that American culture fosters an independent view of the self. While asian cultures foster a interdependent view.

Question 3

Individualism

Answer 3

involves putting personal goals ahead of group goals and defining one’s identity in terms of personal attribute rather than group membership.

Question 4

Collectivism

Answer 4

involves putting group goals ahead of personal goals and defining one’s identity in terms of the group one belongs to.

Question 5

self-enhancment

Answer 5

invloves focusing on positive feedback fro others, exaggerating one’s strengths, and seeing oneself as above average.

this tends to be more common in individualistic cultures.